Brian Griffin

Artists hawking their wares, food vendors, dogs; good fun.

Royal Ontario Museum followed by dessert at Future Bakery.

There’s an old joke that you know you’re in heaven if the cooks are Italian and the engineering is German. If it’s the other way around you’re in hell. In an attempt to conjure up a perfect city, I imagine a place that is a mash-up of the best qualities of a host of cities.

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O’Reilly has published a number of Open Books – books with various forms of “open” copyright – over the years.
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“I am pleased we were able to resolve this sensitive issue that impacted many baseball fans and are able to move the game at Yankee Stadium to 1 p.m.,” Commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement.
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Yes, that’s Texas.

For my birthday this year, we saw Inglorious Basterds, went out for steak fritte and then strolled around Little Italy eating gelato. Noce di cocco, per favore!

This weekend we went to the Chinatown Festival. Highlights included grilled meat on a stick

Designed by architect Thomas Pomphrey and built in the 1930s in the Art Deco style. The plant was nicknamed the Palace of Purification for its Egyptian tower, Byzantine facade and opulent construction materials that include marble and brass.

We took my parents on a harbour cruise and I was able to snap the quintessential Toronto photo.

Chicken parm the size of my head.

As usual, I’m years ahead of the trend.

Within walking distance